Anyone else missing mx.data.binding?

[danthewireman]

I bought Flash MX 2004 Pro, but for some reason, it doesn't have the mx/data/binding folder. Anyone else have this problem? I've contacted MM about it. Just curious.

Is it, um, possible/legal for someone to zip up and send me that folder? I bought the program, Scout's honor. I'm skeptical that MM will respond in a timely way.

Thanks for any help.

[mattlangston]

I'm having the same problem. Did anyone else ever see this problem too and figure out a solution?

Here is a copy of a post I made to Flash ActionScript Forums (http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=288&threadid=879040) that describes my problem in a little more detail:

I was following along in the Data Binding in Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 (http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/flash/articles/databinding_06.html) article and found when I tried to extend mx.data.binding.CustomValidator to create the MyCustomValidator class that all of the mx.data.binding.* class files are missing. When I tried to compile MyCustomValidator.as I got the following error:

**Error** C:\java\eclipse\workspace\grits2\src\flash\MyCusto mValidator.as: Line 2:
The class 'mx.data.binding.CustomValidator' could not be loaded.


I am running Flash MX Professional 2004 (version 7.2) downloaded from my DevNet subscription.

Shouldn't all of the .as class files be there? I had the thought that maybe they had been deleted somehow, so I uninstalled and reinstalled Flash Pro, applied the 7.2 updater, but still no .as files in C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash MX 2004\en\First Run\Classes\mx\data\binding. The only directories that are there are:


encoders
formatters
kinds
to
types


So, at a minimum the binding folder is missing, and maybe others as well.

What is wrong? Why didn't the mx.data.binding.* class files get installed? According to the documentation they should be included in Flash Pro. Is there some Flash Extension I need to install to get the mx.data.binding.* class files?

Warmest regards, Matt

[pan69]

I'm having the same problem. Macromedia seemed to figure that when ever you are using binding you also will be using any of their data components. So, they only included these classes inside their data components. To use these classes you will have to have any of the Macromedia data components in your library. Your "import mx.data.binding.*" will then work.

You can check this out by going to the "/en/Configuration/Components/Data Components" folder and copy the DataSet.swc to DataSet.zip and unzip it somewhere. You will notice all the mx.data.binding classes in the form of asi files.

The reason I came accross this post is because I'm looking for an inheritance model that shows the inheritance chain of the data components. I have a similair model for the UI components/classes but can't seem to find it for the data components, anyone?